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In the 36th round of La Liga, Barcelona, which had already won the championship in advance, lost to Alaves, the relegation team, with a score of 0-1 in the away game, ending the league's 11-game winning streak. This situation also shows that they have no chance to become the third team in the history of La Liga to reach 100 points in a single season.
In this game, Barcelona sent out most of their players as substitutes. Lewandowski and Rashford were arranged to start. Szczesny was in the goalkeeper position. During the whole game, Barcelona had zero shots on target. Before this event, Barcelona had the experience of scoring in 55 consecutive La Liga games. However, Alaves failed to keep their opponents clean sheet in 20 consecutive games.
In the past 16 games, Alaves faced Barcelona, with two draws and fourteen losses. In the last six games, Alaves lost to Barcelona. This time Alaves finally ended this winless record. With this victory, Alaves temporarily escaped from the relegation zone. On the weekend, Alaves will face the already relegated Oviedo. In the final round, Alaves will face Rayo Vallecano, who is about to participate in the UEFA Cup final, at home.
Before the game started, the home team lined up to welcome champion Barcelona.
In the 21st minute, Alaves No. 21 Rebash's shot from outside the penalty area missed.
One minute into the 45th minute of the game, Alaves got a corner kick on the right, and Blanco used a header to ferry the ball. Diabate, the Ivory Coast forward who joined in the winter transfer window, got rid of Bernal's defense during the melee and directly swept the shot, and finally successfully scored.
In the 51st minute, Diabate's header was saved by Szczesny.
After that, there was no threatening offensive from both sides in the game. The score of 1-0 was maintained until the end of the game. With this victory, the team led by Flores took a very solid step towards relegation.
The lineup used by Barcelona is a 4231 formation. The goalkeeper is Szczesny, and the defense players are Conde and Kubasi, who were replaced by Xavi Espat in the 62nd minute of the game, and Cortes and Balde, who were replaced by Cancelo in the 79th minute of the game. In terms of field players, Bernal was replaced by Thomas Marquez in the 87th minute of the game, Casado was replaced by Pedri in the 62nd minute of the game, and the frontcourt players included Baldegui, who was replaced by Ferran Torres in the 62nd minute of the game, Olmo, Rashford, and Lewandowski.